Death by Video Game

Tales of obsession from the virtual frontline

Simon Parkin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2015 | Main
Serpent's Tail (Verlag)
978-1-78125-421-9 (ISBN)

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What makes video games so compelling, comforting and irresistible to the human mind?

Whether it's Space Invaders, Candy Crush Saga or Grand Theft Auto, video games draw us in and don't let go. In Taiwan, a spate of deaths at gaming cafés is raising a question: why is it that some of us are playing games beyond the limits of our physical wellbeing?

Death by Video Game uncovers the real stories behind our video game obsession. Along the way, award-winning journalist Simon Parkin meets the players and game developers at the frontline of virtual extremism, including the New York surgeon attempting to break the Donkey Kong world record; the Minecraft player three years into an epic journey towards the edge of the game's vast virtual world and the German hacker who risked prison to discover the secrets behind Half-Life 2.

Investigating the impact of video games on our lives, Death by Video Game will change the way we think about our virtual playgrounds.

Simon Parkin is an award-winning writer and journalist from England. A sought-after video game pundit, Parkin has been a guest on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and his criticism and journalism has featured in numerous high-profile publications, including the New Yorker, Guardian and New Statesman.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.8.2015
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Gewicht	356 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-78125-421-4 / 1781254214
ISBN-13	978-1-78125-421-9 / 9781781254219
Zustand	Neuware